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Originally Posted by someone123
Oregon does not have self-serve gas stations because they will destroy jobs and untrained gas pumpers will spill gas everywhere, light it on fire, and blow up the gas stations.
Here in BC if we had people drinking beer in parks the wheels would fall off of our society. Even crowds are dangerous so the police come and clear people out after the fireworks, etc. Thankfully covid has eliminated that social problem.
In China, they are not ready for democratic elections. They sort of work in the West but China has a different culture and a large uneducated rural underclass that cannot be allowed to make decisions for itself.
In Saudi Arabia, all kinds of bad things will happen if women are allowed to do what they feel like.
(I think there is more going on than just cultural insularity and inflexible institutions, but I believe they are bigger factors than economic or engineering concerns.)
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Your examples are a bit out of date.
We are allowing public drinking in BC in certain parks and public squares as of 2020
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...arks-1.5620363
Oregon has lifted it's prohibition on Self-service
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020...ronavirus.html
Saudi Arabia has allowed women to drive in 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_to_drive_movement
In China, the one place you can directly elect a representative/village chief is in small towns and rural areas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electi...9;s_Congresses